Category: C

A situation where the internal components in a person and the buffers in the external social structure operate together to prevent social deviancy.  

An infectious disease transmissible by direct contact. A disease which can be transmitted by touching an infected person or objects which an infected person has touched. Originally, a disease transmitted only by direct physical contact: now usually taken to mean any communicable disease. Any disease (usually an infectious disease) readily transmitted from one person to…

In social psychology, the spreading of a behavior pattern through a large number of people. Contagion means the principle of spread of disease by direct contact with the body of an affected person. The spread of a disease through direct transfer from one person to another or via an intermediary.  

The ability of a tissue, on reaching its maturity, to suppress additional growth. The inhibition of cell division caused by the close contact of similar cells, a natural brake in the healing of wounds.  

The hypothesis that bringing conflicting groups together will reduce their antagonism.  

In education, a unit of measure that represents an hour of scheduled instruction to learners.  

The warmth and comfort infants derive from touching their mothers or other caretakers is an aspect of normal sexual development.  

Action that represents the completion of goal-seeking activity.  

Behavior that fulfills some motive. The consummatory response indicates that the goal has been achieved, appetitive behavior.  

Pertains to all members of a particular household who are related by blood or legal arrangements.